diff --git a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
index 62823a4232abb584b87f710bf5c765829982179e..74801811372fd7c6b974b0d8658df3c942a8f941 100755
--- a/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
+++ b/tools/testing/ktest/ktest.pl
@@ -4201,6 +4201,9 @@ sub send_email {
 }
 
 sub cancel_test {
+    if ($monitor_cnt) {
+	end_monitor;
+    }
     if ($email_when_canceled) {
 	my $name = get_test_name;
 	send_email("KTEST: Your [$name] test was cancelled",